Greenworks is a global environmental stewardship network linking teachers, students, and communities together via project-based learning.

Triangle with test tube with plant growing out of it, with "community" on the top vertex, "students" on the bottom left vertex, and "teachers"on the bottom right vertex. To the left is imagery of Brazilian community members looking into a stingless bee hive, to the right is imagery of Ukrainians taking measurements on a river bank.

Project Design Curriculum

(Students – Teachers)

The Greenworks Project Design curriculum is a 6-part curriculum that teachers students about project life cycles using NASA-based mission design principles. By the end of the program, students will be able to write grant-worthy proposals for small projects.

Modifiable curriculum
Training in teaching Project Design

Extension Program

(Teachers – Communities)

The Greenworks Extension Program teaches teachers how to integrate extension (non-formal education and research beyond the classroom) into their work through a professional development curriculum as well as start-up funds for new extension projects.

Training in extension activities
Start-up grants for new extension projects

Exchange Program

(Students – Communities)

The Greenworks Exchange Program connects students with international communities for on-location learning and co-development of environmental stewardship projects in places where we have existing academic and community partnerships.

Location-specific curricula
Certificates for students

Combine Programs for More Powerful Impacts!

Project Design + Extension = Funded Student-Led Community Projects

Project Design + Exchange = Student-Led International Community Projects

Extension + Exchange = Funded Teacher-Community International Exchanges

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Active Extension Projects

Brazil

A collaborative partnership between faculty at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the Guapiruvú agroforestry community in São Paulo state, this project focuses on developing knowledge, research, and cultivation skills related to native stingless bees for the purposes of honey harvesting and distribution to co-ops that distribute forest products throughout São Paulo state.

Ukraine

A collaborative partnership between faculty at Lviv Polytechnic and Sukel’ River communities in the Bolekhiv region of the Carpathian Mountains, this project focuses on developing knowledge, research, and teaching resources related to the Sukel’ River and geoformations in the region as part of a broader effort to develop geotourism in the area.